Natalia Baryshnikova

AMA: Atlassian Head of Product, Enterprise Agility, Natalia Baryshnikova on Product Management Career Path

November 9 @ 10:00AM PT
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Natalia Baryshnikova
Atlassian Head of Product, Enterprise Strategy and Planning3y
Let's take a look at common milestones of a product management career, and which skills you need the most on each level. This not an exhaustive list, but you can see the ...
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Natalia Baryshnikova
Atlassian Head of Product, Enterprise Strategy and Planning3y
The most concise way I've described the difference between being an IC and a manager to someone was: "As an individual contributor, you need to get sh*t done. As a manage...
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Natalia Baryshnikova
Atlassian Head of Product, Enterprise Strategy and Planning3y
Check out my other answer in the AMA outlining the difference in skills between different PM levels. As for how do I know that someone is ready to take on a Sr. PM role, ...
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Natalia Baryshnikova
Atlassian Head of Product, Enterprise Strategy and Planning3y
Best product management candidates craft compelling, concise and inspirational narratives when they interview. They demonstrate clarity of thinking, knowing both the fact...
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Natalia Baryshnikova
Atlassian Head of Product, Enterprise Strategy and Planning3y
Your path to landing a product role will depend on being able to show how your skills from the current role translate to the new world, and proving that you can bring val...
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Natalia Baryshnikova
Atlassian Head of Product, Enterprise Strategy and Planning3y
Thank you for asking. Here is my answer to that from an earlier Sharebird AMA: https://sharebird.com/h/product-management/q/what-do-you-see-as-the-most-important-hardsoft...
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Natalia Baryshnikova
Atlassian Head of Product, Enterprise Strategy and Planning3y
My personal acronym for the skills that make product managers succesfull is H.A.C.K. H for Humility. There are two particularly important benefits of humility. First, hu...
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Natalia Baryshnikova
Atlassian Head of Product, Enterprise Strategy and Planning3y
Check out my other answer in this AMA to a question asked by someone from a construction industry. You can repurpose the steps I outlined in that answer to your situation...
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Natalia Baryshnikova
Atlassian Head of Product, Enterprise Strategy and Planning3y
Your ability to create value quickly will depend on how quickly you can identify the problems and gaps in ways your organization operates today, and demonstrate progress ...
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Natalia Baryshnikova
Atlassian Head of Product, Enterprise Strategy and Planning3y
As a general manager, I own specific business goals and outcomes that I need to achieve, and am responsible for on an organization level. Those goals are very specific an...
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What are some ways you've seen product teams increase their velocity?
Other than more experience how can I help my team have more impact faster?
Natalia Baryshnikova
Atlassian Head of Product, Enterprise Strategy and Planning3y
A common pitfall that slows teams down is inability to make good decisions quickly, especially if these decisions involve many stakeholders. One of the best-kept team vel...
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